silence7@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCould You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.nymag.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down13
arrow-up1444arrow-down1external-linkCould You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.nymag.comsilence7@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squaresilence7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up89·2 days agoPretty much. The fact is that ICE does stuff like beat up and arrest a state-level union president because they don’t like the color of his skin.
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down3·2 days agoDon’t call it an arrest. It’s detainment. Kidnapping even. But an arrest has certain procedures and requirements that are not being followed by ICE.
minus-squareSinAdjetivos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·2 days agoSo does detainment. The fact that they are not following the procedures and requirements makes it an unlawful arrest or, as you correctly pointed out, kidnapping.
Pretty much. The fact is that ICE does stuff like beat up and arrest a state-level union president because they don’t like the color of his skin.
Don’t call it an arrest.
It’s detainment. Kidnapping even. But an arrest has certain procedures and requirements that are not being followed by ICE.
So does detainment. The fact that they are not following the procedures and requirements makes it an unlawful arrest or, as you correctly pointed out, kidnapping.